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- From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Droopy)
- Subject: Re: Why ESPN's Hockey Ratings Are Low
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:35:58 GMT
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- gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:
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- >kevin@sherman.pas.rochester.edu (kevin mcfadden) writes:
- >> After watching yet another Sportscenter, I finally came to
- >>realize that ESPN is still not really dedicated to hockey. ESPN
- >>still treats hockey like a lesser sport.
-
- >Actually, they have been better in that the smart cracks against the
- >game by the other guys (Tom Mees and the women anchors are all right)
- >disappeared right after ESPN got the contract. Unfortunately, CNN's
- >Sports Latenight has picked up that song from what I've been able to
- >catch. (Maybe Ted Turner is angry about not getting the third party
- >SCA national games package for his SportsSouth network anymore?)
-
- Perhaps but Van Earl Wright of CNN said it best when showing
- a fight in the Bruins-Flyers game, "Here's an example
- of why the NHL remains the #4 sport in the US."
-
- Plus, I think ESPN might do better if it showed a doubleheader
- every once in a while. Perhaps even a Saturday afternoon game.
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